These are Evol by Adrianne Lenker on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar & Keyboard.
[Verse 1]C#
Love spells evol,
A#
backwards, people,
F#
Words back, words
Fm
backwards are lethal
C#
Time spells emit,
A#
who can see it?
F#
Feel says leaf,
Fm
tips ease is sea spit
[Chorus]F#
Teach, cheat, part, trap
Fm
You have my heart I want
it back
F#
God, dog, devil, lived
Fm
The giver takes, the taker
gives
[Verse 2]C#A#
Dream is maerd, I'm marred
in your mind
F#Fm
Four words: forwards, can't
we rewind?
C#A#
Speech spells hceeps, you say
for keeps
F#Fm
To keep me llehs, a shell to
speak through
[Chorus]F#
Teach, cheat, part, trap
Fm
You have my heart I want
it back
F#
God, dog, devil, lived
Fm
The giver takes, the taker
gives
[Verse 3]C#A#
Kiss spells sick, the vacuum
feeding
F#Fm
Words hold, words hold, words
from meaning
[Chorus]F#
Teach, cheat, part, trap
Fm
You have my heart I want
it back
F#
God, dog, devil, lived
Fm
The giver takes, the
taker gives
Watch: adrianne lenker - evol (official video)
From Adrianne Lenker on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.
How to play Evol: key, chords and progression
Evol by Adrianne Lenker sits in F♯ major (six sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯), and you need 4 chords to play it: C#, A#, F# and Fm.
Most of the song cycles through C# – A# – F# – Fm (V – III – I – vii in F♯ major). In solfa, that is soh – mi – doh – te. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes C, A, F, Em (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.
